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2004

FLORENCE, SC – Eighty-seven student-athletes at Francis Marion University, who earned 3.0 or higher grade point averages during either the 2003 spring or fall semester, have been named to the university’s Swamp Fox Honor Roll, and were recently honored at the school’s annual Hall of Fame/Swamp Fox Honor Roll banquet.

Each academic year, approximately 175 students compete in intercollegiate athletics at Francis Marion. Again this year, every sport (14 squads) was represented on the honor roll.

Former Francis Marion men’s basketball player Daryl Blume was the guest speaker for the dinner. A 1980 graduate of Francis Marion, Blume is a successful businessman in Largo, Fla., where he is vice-president of BCH Mechanical Inc. A 6-0 guard, Blume played for the Patriots between 1976 and 1980 and ended his career with 1,011 career points and a then-record 234 career assists. As a freshman, he was named the most valuable player of the 1976-77 Patriot squad.

The newest member of the FMU Athletic Hall of Fame, former men’s basketball coach Lewis Hill, for whom Blume played, was also recognized at the banquet.

This marks the 12th year FMU has held an academic achievement banquet for its student-athletes.

The following is a list of those student-athletes honored, by sport, with their hometowns: